excommunication
noun
ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion
ˌek-skə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən 
1
: an ecclesiastical censure depriving a person of the rights of church membership
2
: exclusion from fellowship in a group or community
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The threat of excommunication did nothing to change their minds.
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Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
Thus, for the people of the Andes to be without coca is a form of social and spiritual death, an excommunication from existence itself.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Catholics who read titles on the Index of Forbidden Books risked excommunication.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Thus, for the people of the Andes to be without coca is a form of social and spiritual death, an excommunication from existence itself.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
Thus, for the people of the Andes to be without coca is a form of social and spiritual death, an excommunication from existence itself.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Catholics who read titles on the Index of Forbidden Books risked excommunication.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Thus, for the people of the Andes to be without coca is a form of social and spiritual death, an excommunication from existence itself.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for excommunication
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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excommunication. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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